Silver Summit, UT is a small town located in Eastern Utah. While the population of Silver Summit is relatively small, it has a very active political scene. Local government decisions are made by the Town Council, which consists of five elected members and the Mayor. Elections are held regularly to determine who will serve on the council and represent the interests of citizens in Silver Summit. The council works with state representatives to ensure that local issues are addressed in a timely manner, and they strive to keep taxes low while providing essential services such as public safety and infrastructure. Each year, many candidates from both major parties run for a spot on the Town Council so that they can make their voices heard and help shape policy decisions for Silver Summit's residents. From local water rights to business incentives or zoning laws, politics in Silver Summit affects everyone in some way or another.
The political climate in Silver Summit, UT is leaning liberal.
Summit County, UT is moderately liberal. In Summit County, UT 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 39.0%.
Summit county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Silver Summit, UT is leaning liberal.
Summit County, Utah is moderately liberal.
Utah is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Silver Summit, Utah: R r D r D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Silver Summit, UT
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,126 contributions totaling $1,663,118 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,332 contributions totaling $2,644,790 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,986 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)